Friction-clutch.



F. E. LASURE.

FRICTION CLUTCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-10.1913- 1,14;9,924=. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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. FRICTION CLUTCH.

APPLICATION FILED am. 10. 1913.

1,149,924. Patented Aug. 10,1915.

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FRICTION-CLUTCH.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FLOYD LASURE, a citiien of the United States of iiint'iica, and a resident oi'" aterloo,"BlackhaWl; county, Iowa, have invented certzii'n'newand useful liiiorovenients'in rict ioii -Clutches, ofivhiclithe following is a specification.

My'invention'relates to iniprovenients in friction clutches, and'th'e object o'fny inipro velnent jis' 'to pr'oi ide alfdhlPlOYed "10- tion clutch furnished with ineans'ivherehy ithiay be engagedoi' disehgagedbetiveen a driving pulley and driven shaft manually, and hai'ing means" for taking up near as Well as 'iin'proi ei'hents in'detail. This object I hate acoinplishedby the nieans whieh are hereinafte' described zind' claimed and which aie illustrated in the accompanying drawings iiiwhich:

"Figiiie l is a tei'tical axial longitudinal section through a driitingpulley hn'd my iinproved friction clutch." Big. 2 is: a"front elevation '01 the semi-cylindrical heads with their resilient connect s'upporting-body, and showingon't'he other ide of said suppoi'ting hody the cooperating means placedhetween the'iiree ends oi said frictioii heads adapted "to be actuated to spread said heads apart. Fig. 8 ish dtail ties of the" spi'eaclciFbodies in cooperation with opposed parts" of the frictionheads. Fig. t is 5: side elevation ofthc said spi-eader-hodies. Figsh and6aredetails of the cliitch mechanism,showing a inediiied form of bearingslot.

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. fixedly by means of a key 19. ,The sleeve 7 extends to the left beyond the hub 22, and has a collar 54; mounted thereon, hoth'the collar and the sleeve"heingorificed in 'alin'enient 'justover the keyl'Q, an'd liaving asctscrew working therein tosecure said partsto each other and tothe shaftl8. T he hub Thas the hub 22 oi a driving pulley rotatably mounted thereon, said pulleyhavingthe rim 23, wh'ich'is wider' on the righthand side and provided on the inner Wall of said right-hand side Witha cylindrical bearing surface, against which the semicylindricalfrictioh hodi'es 1 and 2 are adapted to'bcar frictionally and ieniovahly. "The Specification of Letters Patent.

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hub 7 projects to the right in spaced relation i -8on5 the iight hand end of the shaft lSQand "is proi' led in 1 a spaced 'portion with interior thi eads into whichexteriorly, thethi eade'd end of a'cylinder 24111; be removabiy secured. The outer end ofsai'd cylinder 2% has detachah'le closure provided with a sniall"transi'erse orifice iii, tl'irough ivhich a'luhricant iiiy be injected thus furnis ring" a chamber containing lubricant adapted to luhri te the be iiigs. A channel 56 is located mule sleeve 7 to coinniuiii'cate he'tweeii'the receptacle and the hearings ofjthedevice." Th'e'huhpart has oppositely extending integral (JETS l0 and I1 p'ro'vided with the heads 21 and 3, respectively. The ends of the" semi-circular bodies 1 and which are adjacent to and spacedfroni a head 3;"areenlarged at and 6, and the numeral fldenotes' a flat piece or rod of sp inlg steel, and Whichhas been cast in said heat 5,3 ands, as showintofurnish resilient hinges for the semi-rigid frict'ioi'iheadsfl 'and'Q. The outer surfaces 'of'the frictionl1'eads' 1 and 2 are made'senii-circu'lar'to conforni' thenisel'ves exactly to the inner cylindrical part or faceof the pulleyri'in23, when thrust into frictional engagement ndemnit n'i'eans to hehercinaiter descrihedf flhe"head 21 on the rigid arm 10 is transversely"orificed to receive a pintle 20, Whose eiiosextendbeyond the said head of itlie'like bodies 3B, which are spaced apart for that" purpose, the "opening between the parts 41' being then gradually diminishet to form converged faces 39oppositeto each other, adaptechto seat the oppositely beveled-faces ofa nutlfi onthe threaded end of a bolt 17, the latter seated nio'vahly in a space betweenthe bodies 38'. The said bodies 38 have integral projections 12 and 13 on their opposite sides; beveled and adapted to fit the like beveled-faces of the lugs 8 and 9, 'wliichare int ally projected from the free ends'o'i the friction-heads 1 and 2;

The numeral d5 denotes a sleeve mounted upon the cylinder 24, and which has'on its outer end, a"i'adially extending plate 27, which is flanged over at the circi'iniference to closely" approach the right-hand' edges of the i rictioi'i-e dge l' and 2, to serve as a cover. Said part 45 and its facepart 27 have an integral annularpart 28 projecting to the right concentrically with said shaft 18 about the cylinder 24, and spaced apart therefrom, and having on its inner face an annular groove 29 in which is received an annular flange 30 integral with the inner end of an outwardly flaring hollow handwheel or grip 31. The part 31 and the part 28, to which it is rotatably secured, are cast detachably together so that while the part 31 is rotatable freely in the'groove 29, it cannot be detached from its seat 28.

The numeral 33 denotes an inwardly extending flattened lug, of which there are two oppositely placed on the inner flaring sur by grasping it in the hand and pushing it to and fro, as desired, to put the frictionclutch into or out of operation. This operation is performed with safety to the operator, since the hand-wheel 31 does not receive any appreciable rotation when the friction-heads are suddenly engaged with the inner face of the rim of the driving pulley 23.

The sleeve 45 has an integral lug, transversely orificed toreceive a pintle 35, on whose ends are pivoted the forked ends of a link 36, the other oppositely extending forked ends of which are pivotally mounted on another pintle 37, seated in the orifices 43 of the bodies 38. The disk-part of the cover 27 is radially slotted from said lug to permit the head of the bolt 17 to pass thereinto, so that the latter may be turned to adjust the position of the nut 16 to take up wear on the friction-heads and keep. thesaid bodies inproper actuating position relative thereto. The opposite part of the disk 27 is grooved at 26 to provide clearance for a pin 25, whose inner end is secured to the head 3, and whose outer end is square, and extends into the groove 26. This pin prevents side strain on the cover-part 27, and

on the bodies 36 and 38, due to the action of the device.

Fig. 2 represents the bodies 38 trans versely sectioned at 14 and 15 to show the beveled face nut 16 seated between them operatively. Figs. 3 and 4 also illustrate the relations of the bolt 17 and its bevelednut 16 to said bodies 38.

When the hand-wheel is moved to the right, the bodies 38 are rocked, so that their beveled-projections l3 push outwardly against the bevel lugs 8 and 9 on the friction heads 1 and 2, respectively, thereby throwing these semi-rigid friction-heads into frie tional engagement with the inner face of the pulley 23, to cause the latter to impart rotation through said bodies 38 and the arms 10 and 11 to the hub 7 and its connected driven shaft 18. When the hand-wheel 31 is moved to the right it swings back the bodies 38 so that their beveled faces move toward each other, thus permitting the friction-heads to move out of contact with the pulley due to the reaction of the springbar 4. V i

The spring body 4 is strong, yet will ciently elastic to provide resiliency enough to permit the friction-heads 1 and2 to be swung readily into frictional engagement with said driving pulley and since said heads are rigid, they effect a perfect engagement with the pulley.

In Figs. 5 and 6, which are on a larger scale than the figures previously described, I have shown a variation in the method of mounting the plunger-bolt 17 intended to prevent centrifugal force from gradually displacing same from its position of acting to spread apart the friction-heads l and 2. In this form of the device, the intermediate link 36 is eliminated. The sleeve 24 is furnished with integral projecting radial parts or plates 46 which extend to the flanged part 27, and are each provided with an oblique slot 47 which has at its inner end the circular extension 48 as shown. The bodies 38, which are the parts numbered 38 in Fig. 1, except as slightly modified in form as shown, have alined bearing orifices adapted to receive a pintle 37 whose ends extend slidably into the slots 47. When the sleeve 24 isshifted' V to the right, by the moving of the handwheel 31 in the same direction, the walls of the slots 47 in moving by the pintle 37 gradually move it while rocking its connected bodies .38 toward the sleeve 24 until the-pintle is received into the circular extensions 48 of the slots. Since the circular extensions 48 have their outer .parts arranged at an angle to the slot, the pintle While therein will be unaffected by the centrifugal force of the device when rotated,

and will not become displaced thereby. In 1- this position the parts of the clutch will re main until the wheel 31 is pushed to the left, which will move the pintle 37 to cause the bodies 38 to act upon the bevels 8 and 9 to release the friction-heads 1 and 2.

In Fig. 6, is shown the pair of plates or projections 46 in whose slots 47 the pintle 37 is mounted. The plates have alined orifices to seat the roller bearing-ends of the pintle 37, which ends have transverse openings to receive the split-keys 53.

It will be observed that when the pintle 37 with its anti-friction rollers is seated in the outwardly pocketed inner ends of the oblique slots 47, the pintle is retained in place use they are mounted to swin n the ,pintles on said fixed arm, sufiicient space 18 left on each side of said bodies .38 at said bearing to permit of adequate amount of adjustment away from ,each other when acted upon by means of the beveled nut "16 to take up tiring described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. in combination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, an arm fixed on said shaft, like rigid friction-heads abutting upon opposite sides of the inner face of the rim and adapted to frictionally contact the same when thrust outwardly, yieldable elastic connections between thefouter end of said arm and the adjacentends of said friction heads, and means for ,moving said heads against said rim removably.

2. lnrcombination, a shaft, anannular rim loosely mounted thereon, an arm fixed on said shaft, likerigid friction-heads abutting upon oppositesides of the inner face of the rim and adapted to ,frictionally bind the same when thrust outwardly, the ends of said friction-heads adjacentto said arm being enlarged, .anelastic bar secured across said arm with itslends fixedly secured in the enlarged ends of said friction-heads, and means for ;moving said heads against said rim, ,removably.

8.111 combination, shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, an arm fixed on said shaft, like rigid semi-circular friction-heads almtting upon opposite sides of the inner face of the rimand adapted to frictionally bind the same when thrust outwardly, the end of said arm and the adjacent friction-heads being enlarged and spaced apart, and orificed in line Witheach other, a yieldable resilient bar seated insaid alined orifices fixedly and adapted to have its intermediate uncovered parts act as an elastic hinge for said heads, and means for moving said heads against said rim, removably.

for movies said a ticse ds tan ou ly into seated w th ai mi in combina io a s a t a n rim loeselr remitd the eo ern e t lvprojecting rig-id arms secured to said shaft, fri ti n he ds elas i a y c ne ted t 011.8 of said arms and adapted to be moved toward an fri io allv b nd opp it pa o t nnr a il o h rim, b ad d b ock pivot ePpQSi-t s es o th en f th other arm and moyably contacting the other ends at o A fri ion-heads, @1161 m an for swinging said blocks to cause them to force an i i tiQll-l d dfi to b d t letter fr ciena y a in aid ri eombi a e V a shaf a n l ise le s y m n ed t r on, orne t ynteiectiea igi a ms s r d to a sha semi-circular rigid friction-heads secured at one end of each elastically to one of said arms, like beveled integral bosses on the other ends of said heads, like bodies pivoted on the end of the other arm between and hay ing beveled faces adapted to ,movably fit the beveled bosses on said heads, and means for swinging said beveled bodies to cause them to slidingly spread the beveled bosses apart to cause the friction heads to frictionally ,bind the ,rim.

7. iln combination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, oppositelyprojecting 'gid arms fixed to said shaft, like semi-circular rigid friction-heads elastically connected at one end of each to one of said arms, the other ends having beveled end faces, blocks pivoted on the end of the other arm, and having beveled faces fitting the;beveled;ends of said heads, theopposed inner faces of said blocks being beveled, means for vrocking said blocks to push out said friction-heads, and a wedge adjustably fitted between said inner beveled faces.

8. In vcombination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, oppositelyprojecting rigid arms fixed to said shaft,

like semi-circular rigid friction-heads elastically connectediat one end of each to one of said arms, the other end having beveled end faces, blocks pivoted on the end of the other arm and having like beveled faces fitting the beveled faces on said friction-heads, means for rocking said blocks to push the friction heads against the said rim removably,the opposed inner faces of said blocks beingbeveled, a wedge-fitting between said inner beveled faces, and means for adjusting saidvwedge; to push apart. said inner beveled faces.

9. In combination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, friction-heads .movably connected to sald shaft and movable into frictional contact with the rim, wedge-like bodies mounted to rock between said friction-heads to force them against the rim, a housing fixed about the end of said shaft, a sleeve slidable on said housing,'said bodies being slidably connected to said sleeve, and a hand-heel rotatably and non-slidably mounted on said sleeve concentrically.

10. In combination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, friction-heads movably connected to said shaft and movable into frictional contact with the rim, wedge-shaped bodies fitted between and mounted to rock against said friction-heads, a hollow flaring hand-wheel loosely mounted on the end of said shaft, and having connecting-means for the end of a hand-lever, and movable connectiogs between said hand wheel and said wedge-like bodies adapted to act when the hand-wheel is moved toward the shaft to cause the said bodies to rock to spread said friction-heads into frictional contact with said rim.

11. In combination, a shaft, an annular rim loosely mounted thereon, friction-heads connected to said shaft and movable into frictional contact with the rim, means for pushing the friction-heads apart to cause them to engage said rim, and a hollow orificed'casing secured about the end of said shaft concentrically and spaced from the end of the shaft to provide a hollow chamber in communication with the bearings of the shaft, adapted to receive a supply of lubricant, or receive the shaft-end farther into its'hollow, and an orificed end cover for the said casing.

12. In combination, a shaft, a friction-rim loosely mounted thereon, friction-heads connected to said shaft movably and adapted to be engaged releasably with said rim, means for moving said friction-heads into engagement with said rim, a sleeve secured about the end of said shaft, a disk-like cover slidably mounted on said sleeve andhaving an inwardly-extending circular flange projecting toward the friction-heads, means for moving said disk to and fro, operative connections between said disk and said friction-head operating-means, said disk being slotted, and a pin connected fixedly with said shaft and extending into the said slot to permit only relative longitudinal movement of the disk toward or away from the shaft.

13. In combination, a shaft, an annular rim rotatably mounted thereon, an arm fixed to said shaft, oppositely-arranged approximately semi-circular friction-heads, yieldable resilient hinges fixed to adjacent ends of said friction-heads and the end of said Oopiesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). G. I

ment with the rim, and then to resiliently retract themselves therefrom when released,

and means for pushing said heads against said rim removably.

14:. In combination, a shaft, a friction-rim rotatably mounted thereon, friction-heads connected to said shaft and movable into and out of frictional engagement with the rim, an annular plate movable longitudinally to and from the adjacent end of said shaft and adapted to shift said frictionheads to and from said rim, said plate having an annular groove thereabout, and a handwheel having an annular ridge, the latter cast within said annular groove to permit said plate to rotate freely and non-slidably over the ridge, said ridge beingirremovably seated in said groove.

'15. In combination, a shaft, an annular rim rotatably mounted thereon, oppositelyarranged friction-heads mounted within and adapted to releasably frictionally contact with the inner face of the rim, a sleeve slidably secured on said shaft and having a pair of outwardly-extending plates which have alined oblique slots, their ends nearest the shaft being outcurved away from the axis of the device, a pintle whose ends are longitudinally movable along said slots and into their outcurved ends, and beveled rockbodies connected at one end of each to'said pintle and whose opposite ends are seated between said friction-heads, and means adapted to rock'the beveled parts of said bodies against said friction-heads to push them apart and into contact with said rim,

when said sleeve is moved appropriately to 96 thrust said pintle in one direction said pintle when seated in said outcurved ends of the slots being prevented from displacement therefrom by the action of centrifugal force.

16. In combination, a shaft, an annular 100 rim loosely mounted thereon, friction-heads, a resilient connection between two adjacent ends of said heads, like spaced bodies interposed between the other ends of said heads and movable simultaneously to push said of Sept. 1918.

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IVitnesses N. H. BRU'NN,

G. G. KENNEDY.

Commissioner of Patents, 

